Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-24
DAKOTA NEWS.

in the Sioux Falls Jail.
Bismarck has q bicycle club of nine
members, all of whom are good cyclists.
Moody county farmers contemplate
organizing an agricultural association.
-Sanborn has no bonded Indebtedness,
and in few months will not owe dollar
Tho new artesian we'll at Huron has
pressure of $50 pounds to the square
inch.
Columbia will use the courts in her ef-
forts to retain the county seat of Brown
county.
The government steamer Josephine is
at Fort Benton and will work on the upper
Missouri.
Several buffalo have been seen in the
hills of western LaMoure county this
spring.
During thunder storm, q stepson Of
Ole Larson, near Valley City, was killed by
lightning.
The editors of the territory propose to
have an excursion this year in spite of the
interstate law.
Eighteen regular trains now run into
Canton daily and two passenger trains stop
there for dinner.
The capacity of the Watertown -four
ing mill has been increased from so to 100
barrels per day.
The lfail is the name OF new pa
per just started at Edgeley, the terminal
town of the Milwaukee.
Charles Spencer, a prominent citizen
OF Pierre, has been indicted by the grand
jury for cattle stealing.
1t is estimated that $500 Dakota
farmers are members of the alliance. The
number of societies are A2G.
The sale of lots at auction in the new
town Of Spencer was we'll attended and lots
to the value of $4,000 We're sold.
The saloon of the Donovan Brothers, at
Elkton, was robbed of considerable
amount of money the other night.
Burglars at Fargo robbed the house of
Deputy Sheriff t1cCarty of Sl7 and
watch, first chloroforming Mr.. McCarty.
Nine Years ago the first white settler
arrived in the Washington Hills. At that
time railroads were almost unknown in the
territory.
Aberdeen innocents have been buying
water for gasoline, and as result pro-
family is alarmingly on the increase among
the hired girls.
The contracts have been let for the
erection OF three-story brick veneered
hotel at DeSmet, the cost OF the building
to be $500.
Armour wants a Touring mill, an artesian
well, more tenement houses, incorporation,
street sprinkler, hook and ladder company,
and the county seat.
"A colony of about 200 people from the
borders Of the sea of Asov in southern
Russia, are locating in the western part of
Edmunds county.
-Brule county homesteaders have been
proving up by scores this spring, a large
number of the settlers having located in
that county several years ago.
"A real estate deal for terminal property
for the Aberdeen, Bismarck and North
western railroad has just been closed at
Bismarck, 100000 being paid.
james t. Applewhite has been ap-
pointed special agent of the general land
Office, and assigned to duty in the Devils
Lake and Grand Forks districts
Edwin H. Keys, and old man of rs
and physical wreck, was placed in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary for assault with
1ntentto commit rape on young girl.
o1
found glandered horses at Bismarck, has
ordered a number killed, and the barn
where they were kept destroyed by fire.
Company c, Dakota National guards
of Huron, is without captain, by rea-
son of Captain Wilson's resignation. At
torney Crofoot, who was in the West Point
academy for two years, is urged to accept
it.
An agent for hotel in Grand Forks
was arrested and fined SIS for not cleaning
up about the premises. He set up the de-
tense that the occupants were the ones to
do the work, but the justice couldn't see it
in that light.
-Groton is having quite an experience
with an artesian well, the water having
forced an opening about two blocks north
OF the mouth of the we'll, and there are
grave apprehensions of trouble from the
eccentric spouter.
There IS much excitement at Huron
over the question of locating the town
hall, south side business men having Sc
cured an injunction restraining the issue
and sale of bonds for the erection of
building on the site selected by the coun-
Gil.
j. H. Drake, of Sioux Falls, says if
the people of that town will appropriate
the 81, 500 raised for fireworks and spread
eagle oratory on the coming Fourth of
July to the erection of soldiers monu-
ment the Drake company will donate an
equal amount and thus secure to the CITY
an everlasting ornament and patriotic tri-
butte.
The Sioux Falls electric plant has
been purchased by the Cascade Milling